China pop is 1.417 bil, Russia's population is 144 million. GDP/person: China $8,609, Russia $11,805. It's complicated to compare these two countries. China ha

China pop is 1.417 bil, Russia's population is 144 million. GDP/person: China $8,609, Russia $11,805. It's complicated to compare these two countries. China has a much larger economy so they have a bigger pool of money to spend, but then they have less per person. But both countries have huge poor groups.